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February 2014

February 21, 2014

The Raging Bull

Once upon a time there was a man who had been raised in an alcoholic...

February 07, 2014

Is Respect Earned or Given?

Perhaps I’m just a curmudgeonly old guy now, but it seems to me that people...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

Contract for Men

With all the media coverage of men behaving badly (from Richard Sherman to Justin Bieber),...

January 17, 2014

The Dangers of Steroids for Boys

Many high school boys are involved in sports programs. Sports can be a great vehicle...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

How You Can Stop the Cycle of Fatherlessness

A ton of research shows that children from fatherless homes fare worse in life than...

December 13, 2013

An Open Message to Men on the Warfare They Face

Guys, we need to stop being ashamed of being men. Virtually every behavior that is...

December 06, 2013

Teaching Boys Courage

Courage is the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face uncertainty,...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

We’re all running tough mudders … you’ve got what it takes

Every one of us has got some kind of ‘tough mudder’ in our lives. Some...

November 18, 2013

The three most powerful words that launch you toward a goal

Undoubtedly some sort of big goal lies in front of you. Maybe it’s a dream—something...

November 11, 2013

This Veteran’s Day: You’ve Been Given Much

This Veterans Day, I wish we might glimpse anew the freedom we’ve been handed. I...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

How the Band of Brothers can Point us to God

A bulldozer had cut a jagged swathe up Mount Currahee, the 3 ½ mile-long incline...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

What Christian women really, really want

These stunning survey results give us a clue as to why Christianity is so rapidly...

September 18, 2013

How to wreck a pastor

Because of these frequent beat downs, some pastors develop a foxhole mentality. They avoid their...

September 09, 2013

Feel Threatened? Two Vital Actions to Take

Hostilities exist. President F.D. Roosevelt spoke those two words within his legendary “Day of Infamy”...

September 02, 2013

What kids heading back to school need most from dads

“Back to school” has been blaring at us from every media outlet. Ready or not,...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Rant of the Day—Make Boys Tough

Exceptionalism and rugged-individualism helped make America the greatest country that has ever existed. Those traits...

August 26, 2013

Pick the Pain You’d Rather Have–You’ve Gotta Choose One

A despised word nowadays is discipline. Yet that’s a word that needs to live....

August 19, 2013

The Incredible Power of Sacrifice

As a prisoner of the Imperial Japanese Army in the jungles of Thailand during...

August 12, 2013

Are You TOO Nice?

Years ago I worked alongside a difficult co-worker. This young man seldom had anything...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

How to Be a Man of Awe

“Dad,” said my 9-year-old daughter, Addy. “Some kid in the park asked me if...

July 26, 2013

What Does a Man Look Like?

Last week we talked about young men thinking that they didn’t feel like men. My...

July 12, 2013

Whatever Happened to Hank Hill Masculinity? Part 1

While most TV sit-coms make fun of men or make them look like bumbling idiots...

July 05, 2013

Boundaries Make Boys into Men

This past season, several high-profile college head football and basketball coaches have been vilified and...

July 03, 2013

Can a man love God but hate churchgoing?

More than half of the committed Christian men I talk to, when asked, will tell...

July 01, 2013

3 Powerful Weapons Against Porn

Early in the morning at a recent conference, I deliberately decided that when lunchtime...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Why Young People Should Read Books about WWII

I’ve authored or coauthored five books about World War II, and one consistently repeated...

June 21, 2013

Symbols of Glory–Why They Matter

All men have a yearning for greatness, for significance. We want to know we came...

June 12, 2013

Gangs fathering the fatherless

"A gang gives you something that nothing in the world or no amount of money...

June 07, 2013

Daddy’s Girl (part 1)

In anticipation of Father's Day the following is Part 1 of a two-part article on...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

You’re going to have so much fun raising your kids

The elderly woman stood next to me in line at the bookstore and made googly-eyes...